Market Analyst

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Market Analyst tracking prediction markets and perpetual futures for Pyth Network, a blockchain oracle network. Turning crypto research into product opportunities and strategic decisions.

Responsibilities:

  • Track news, launches, and structural shifts across prediction markets and perpetual futures
  • Monitor X, Discord servers, Telegram groups, and other trader communities for sentiment shifts and emerging trends
  • Follow volumes, open interest, funding rates, and market share across major venues
  • Connect recent events to their impact on Pyth and share timely takeaways with the team
  • Maintain a current view of the competitive landscape, including oracles and data providers
  • Research prediction market and perps protocols to understand their use of price data
  • Map users, their needs, and gaps in current solutions
  • Build dashboards and datasets for tracking these markets
  • Turn research findings into concrete product ideas for Pyth
  • Size opportunities using market and on-chain data
  • Work with product, engineering, and BD to prioritize and pressure-test ideas
  • Track launched initiatives against the original thesis
  • Write research reports for internal and external audiences
  • Present findings and recommendations to leadership
  • Build a repeatable research process

Requirements:

  • Background as an analyst at a crypto research firm or in a research/data role at a perps exchange or prediction market
  • Deep understanding of prediction market and perpetual futures market structure
  • Active in trader communities and comfortable picking up signal from X, Discord, and Telegram
  • Proficient with data analysis tools (SQL, Python, Dune or similar)
  • Strong writer with a track record of research that drives decisions
  • Analytical and a self-starter, comfortable owning a research agenda independently
  • Comfortable with startup pace and evolving scope

Benefits:

  • Remote work
  • Digital-first organization where remote work is the norm